About this fund

The RobecoSAM Smart Materials Strategy offers an alternative way to invest in materials. It focuses on innovative materials and process technologies, the very mechanisms that have driven efficiency gains over time and that have enabled humans to cope with limited natural resources, despite population and economic growth.

The value of the investments may fluctuate. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.Annualized (for periods longer than one year).Cumulized (total amount of return).Performances are gross of fees and based on closing values. In reality, costs (such as management fees and other costs) are charged. These have a negative effect on the returns shown.Performances are net of fees and based on transaction prices.

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The value of the investments may fluctuate. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.Annualized (for periods longer than one year).Cumulized (total amount of return).Performances are gross of fees and based on closing values. In reality, costs (such as management fees and other costs) are charged. These have a negative effect on the returns shown.Performances are net of fees and based on transaction prices.

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Currency policy

For efficient portfolio management, currency hedging transactions may be made, i.e. investments will be hedged against the currency in which they have been issued. Moreover, the Subfund may make active currency investments, which may lead to a positive or negative exposure towards currencies different from the Subfund’s currency. To reduce any possibility of large currency deviations relative to the benchmark which heighten the level of risk, the fund may bring exposure into line with the currency weights of the benchmark by carrying out currency forward transactions.

Dividend policy

Retention of the capital and exchange rate gains earned in the Subfunds.

Investment policy

The RobecoSAM Smart Materials Fund provides investors with a future-oriented approach that goes beyond simply investing in natural resources. The strategy focuses on innovative materials that substitute traditional ones and process technologies that deliver efficiency gains in resource extraction, processing, and usage. These are the very mechanisms that have enabled humankind to cope with population and economic growth in a resource-constrained world over time. As we continue to deplete our stock of finite resources and environmental issues intensify, this is undoubtedly the investment approach of the future for the materials sector. The fund predominantly invests in materials, industrials and IT companies.

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Pieter Busscher, CFA

Pieter Busscher is a Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for managing the RobecoSAM Smart Materials Strategy. Drawing from his extensive investment experience, he seeks to discover companies applying ideas from the fields of materials science, applied technologies & engineering, to optimize industrial production and address the global challenge of scarce resources. Prior to joining RobecoSAM, he provided sales support for private clients at Credit Suisse Asset Management in Zurich. In addition, he was an instructor of options and investment theory with the B&R Beurs Investment Study Association in Rotterdam. He studied International Business Administration at RSM Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Banking and Finance at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), and is a CFA Charterholder. He joined RobecoSAM in 2007.

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Fiscal product treatment

The fund is established in Luxembourg and is subject to the Luxembourg tax laws and regulations. The fund is not liable to pay any corporation, income, dividend or capital gains tax in Luxembourg. The fund is subject to an annual subscription tax ('tax d'abonnement') in Luxembourg, which amounts to 0.01% of the net asset value of the fund. This tax is included in the net asset value of the fund. The fund can in principle use the Luxembourg treaty network to partially recover any withholding tax on its income.

Fiscal treatment of investor

Investors who are not subject to (exempt from) Dutch corporate-income tax (e.g. pension funds) are not taxed on the achieved result. Investors who are subject to Dutch corporate-income tax can be taxed for the result achieved on their investment in the fund. Dutch bodies that are subject to corporate-income tax are obligated to declare interest and dividend income, as well as capital gains in their tax return. Investors residing outside the Netherlands are subject to their respective national tax regime applying to foreign investment funds. We advise individual investors to consult their financial or tax adviser about the tax consequences of an investment in this fund in their specific circumstances before deciding to invest in the fund.

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